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Integrating phylogenomic and population genomic patterns in avian lice provides a more complete picture of parasite evolution by Sweet, Andrew D., Boyd, Bret M., Allen, Julie M., Villa, Scott M., Valim, Michel P., Rivera-Parra, Jose L., Wilson, Robert E., Johnson, Kevin P.

“…Parasite diversity accounts for most of the biodiversity on earth, and is shaped by many processes (e. g., cospeciation, host switching). To identify the…”
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Surface-Active Properties of Lipophilic Antioxidants Tyrosol and Hydroxytyrosol Fatty Acid Esters: A Potential Explanation for the Nonlinear Hypothesis of the Antioxidant Activity in Oil-in-Water Emulsions by Lucas, Ricardo, Comelles, Francisco, Alcántara, David, Maldonado, Olivia S, Curcuroze, Melanie, Parra, Jose L, Morales, Juan C

“…Our group has recently observed a nonlinear tendency in antioxidant capacity of different hydroxytyrosol fatty acid esters in fish oil-in-water emulsions,…”
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Barrier function of intact and impaired skin: percutaneous penetration of caffeine and salicylic acid by Rubio, Laia, Alonso, Cristina, López, Olga, Rodríguez, Gelen, Coderch, Luisa, Notario, Jaime, de la Maza, Alfonso, Parra, José L.

“…Background  Normally, percutaneous absorption tests are carried out using skin biopsies for an apparent and acceptable physiological condition. However, under…”
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Host sympatry and body size influence parasite straggling rate in a highly connected multihost, multiparasite system by Rivera‐Parra, Jose L., Levin, Iris I., Johnson, Kevin P., Parker, Patricia G.

“…Parasite lineages commonly diverge when host lineages diverge. However, when large clades of hosts and parasites are analyzed, some cases suggest host…”
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Implications of goat eradication on the survivorship of the Galapagos hawk by Rivera-Parra, Jose L., Levenstein, Kenneth M., Bednarz, James C., Vargas, F. Hernan, Carrion, Victor, Parker, Patricia G.

“…Non-native mammals cause ecological disasters in island ecosystems and their eradication is usually considered beneficial to native biodiversity. Goats (Capra…”
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Lineage sorting in multihost parasites: Eidmanniella albescens and Fregatiella aurifasciata on seabirds from the Galapagos Islands by Rivera‐Parra, Jose L., Levin, Iris I., Johnson, Kevin P., Parker, Patricia G.

“…Parasites comprise a significant percentage of the biodiversity of the planet and are useful systems to test evolutionary and ecological hypotheses. In this…”
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Gallic acid vehiculized through liposomes or mixed micelles in biofunctional textiles by Martí, Meritxell, Martínez, Vanessa, Lis, Manuel J., Valldeperas, Josep, de la Maza, Alfons, Parra, José L., Coderch, Luisa

“…Liposomes and mixed micelles were used to vehiculize gallic acid, as antioxidant, when applied to different textiles designed to be in contact with the skin as…”
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Potential high‐quality growing tea regions in Ecuador: an alternative cash crop for Ecuadorian small landholders by Rivera‐Parra, José L, Peña‐Loyola, Paula J

“…BACKGROUND Agriculture is the main means of subsistence for most of the population in developing countries. Crops that can increase their value with in situ…”
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Damaged hair retrieval with ceramide-rich liposomes by Méndez, Sandra, Manich, Albert M, Martí, Meritxell, Parra, José L, Coderch, Luisa

“…Lipids from human hair consist mainly of cholesterol esters, free fatty acids, cholesterol, ceramides, and cholesterol sulfate. They are structured as lipid…”
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Antioxidant cosmeto-textiles: Skin assessment by Alonso, Cristina, Martí, Meritxell, Martínez, Vanessa, Rubio, Laia, Parra, José L., Coderch, Luisa

“…Resveratrol, a natural product, has been reported to have antioxidant activities such as the scavenging of free radicals. This compound could be used in the…”
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Comparative Ectoparasite Loads of Five Seabird Species in the Galapagos Islands by Rivera-Parra, Jose L, Levin, Iris I, Parker, Patricia G

“…In this paper we describe the ectoparasitic lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) found on 5 species of seabirds (magnificent frigatebird Fregata magnificens; great…”
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Influence of the Fluidity of Liposome Compositions on Percutaneous Absorption by Nuria Perez-Cullell, Luisa Coderch, Alfonso de la Maza, Jose L. Parra, Joan Estelrich

“…The penetration into the stratum corneum of fluorescein, as the acid form or as a sodium salt, encapsulated in liposomes formed by liquid- or gel-state…”
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Sampling of states for estimating the folding funnel entropy and energy landscape of a model alpha-helical hairpin peptide by Chapagain, Prem P, Parra, Jose L, Gerstman, Bernard S, Liu, Yanxin

“…Protein folding times are many orders of magnitude shorter than would occur if the peptide chain randomly sampled possible configurations, which implies that…”
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Biofunctional textiles prepared with liposomes: in vivo and in vitro assessment by Martí, Meritxell, Martínez, Vanessa, Rubio, Laia, Coderch, Luisa, Parra, José L.

“…A sun filter, Ethyl hexyl methoxycinnamate (EHMC) used as a tracer, was vehiculized by liposomes made up of internal wool lipids (IWL) or phosphatidylcholine…”
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Lattice model simulation of interchain protein interactions and the folding dynamics and dimerization of the GCN4 Leucine zipper by Liu, Yanxin, Chapagain, Prem P, Parra, Jose L, Gerstman, Bernard S

“…The highest level in the hierarchy of protein structure and folding is the formation of protein complexes through protein-protein interactions. We have made…”
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Cosmetotextiles with Gallic Acid: Skin Reservoir Effect by Martí, Meritxell, Alonso, Cristina, Martínez, Vanessa, Lis, Manel, de la Maza, Alfons, Parra, José L., Coderch, Luisa

“…The antioxidant gallic acid (GA) has been incorporated into cotton (CO) and polyamide (PA) through two different vehicles, that is, liposomes and mixed…”
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Ceramides and skin function by Coderch, Luisa, López, Olga, de la Maza, Alfonso, Parra, José L

“…Ceramides are the major lipid constituent of lamellar sheets present in the intercellular spaces of the stratum corneum. These lamellar sheets are thought to…”
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Mapping of potential environmental risks associated to formation water in the Oriente Basin, Ecuador by Ochoa-Caballero, Maria B., Rivera-Parra, Jose L.

“…Formation water is the water produced jointly with oil as part of oil production process, which in Ecuador it is performed mainly within the Amazon region…”
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Enzymatic acylation of di- and trisaccharides with fatty acids: choosing the appropriate enzyme, support and solvent by Plou, Francisco J., Cruces, M.Angeles, Ferrer, Manuel, Fuentes, Gloria, Pastor, Eitel, Bernabé, Manuel, Christensen, Morten, Comelles, Francisco, Parra, José L., Ballesteros, Antonio

“…Enzymatic synthesis of fatty acid esters of di- and trisaccharides is limited by the fact that most biological catalysts are inactivated by the polar solvents…”
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A tale of two singers: how do bats and bird mixed-flocks respond to petroleum industry noise in the Ecuadorian Amazon by Rivera-Parra, José L., Rivera-Parra, Pamela, Vasconez, Christian, Dueñas-Vidal, Álvaro, Sorriso-Valvo, Luca

“…Industrial noise can have a significant impact on animal groups that rely on acoustic communication for fundamental survival activities. Our research focuses…”
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